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CAR-REPLACER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,422, dated May 11, 1880.

Application filed November '29, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM V. FLYNN, of Morristown, in the county of Hambl-en and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Replacers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in car-replacers; and it consists of a sill and a platform constructed and arranged so that the latter may be drawn laterally upon the former, and in other improvements, all of which will be fully hereinafter explained.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the vertical flange of the sill. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of the invention. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the under side of the sill and Figs. 5 and 6 are end elevations, showing the operation of the invention in putting a displaced car onto the track.

a is a sill of sufficient size to support a platform on which the one side of a car may rest. It has a vertical flange, a, on its rear side, which extends both above and below the sill. The part below has aseries of slots, a a formed longitudinallyin it, in which clamps a a having hooks on one end and nut and thread on the other, are placed, as shown. The books are dropped over the rail of the track, when the nuts are screwed up, fastening the sill firmly to the track. I

The upper portion of the flange has threaded bearings a a near its ends and akey, (0 near its center, for the purposes hereinafter explained.

The ends a of the sill a are beveled to afford facilities for drawing the car upon it. They are also provided with a series of longitudinal grooves, a to guide the car-wheels by their flanges running in them.

a are slots designed as an alternative means of fastening the sill in position by driving Z) is the platform, made to support a car or engine. Its inner side is provided with a vertical flange, I), having holes b 10 correspond with the bearings a of the sill-flange a, and one for the key (4. to lock in when the platform is moved inward to the flange a and is desired to be secured in that position. The upper side of platform I) has a series of longitudinal grooves, li to correspond with those, a, of the beveled ends of the sill, and are to hold the car from slipping when it is being moved over the track, and to guide it onto the track when the platform has been drawn to the proper position. The ends of the platform are beveled to correspond with the bevel of the sill ends.

a c are threaded rods, made to screw into the bearings a, and having their outer ends fastened to turn in the holes b of the platform-flange I), for the purpose of drawing the platform on the sill.

In the operation of the device I prefer to employ a single platform for each wheel of the displaced car. The platforms are made small, so that two or even four of them may be carried on the tender of the engine without taking up much space or being in the way.

Usually it is best to first replace one end of the car and then the other end. quires but two of the platforms.

The sills or bases are fixed against the sides of the rails, as shown in Fig. 5. and the wheels are drawn up onto the sliding platform by any well-known method. The platforms are then moved laterally by means of the screws 0 till the wheels are brought over the rails. The car is then moved forward or back, as the case may require, till the wheels drop onto the rails. The wheels on the other end of the car, if they have been displaced, are operated upon in a similar manner, and the car is thus put in its proper positionon the rails.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the sill a, constructed This re- With the inclines a a on its ends and the flange In testimony that I claim the foregoing I a on its rear side, provided with the bearings have hereunto set my hand this 3d day of a, the said sill having the friction-rollers a November, 1879. and suitable means for attaching it in the de- 5 sired position, of the platform I), constructed WILLIAM V. FLYNN.

with the longitudinal grooves on its upper side, and the screw 0, adjustable to the plat- Witnesses: form I) through the bearings a a, all arranged S. G. DAVIS, to operate substantially as and for the pur- JAMEs RAYL.

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